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Let's say that a man standing on a scale on the surface of the Earth weighs 1000 Newtons. Now let's place the scale at the end of a very long pole extending far from the surface of earth, considering the Earth to be static. Let's say that the man on the scale now weighs 100 Newtons. If we were to now place the scale at the bottom of the pole at the surface of the Earth with the man still on top of the pole, neglecting the weight of the pole itself, what would the scale now read?